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• Why was slavery an issue for westward expansion?
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• Why was slavery an issue for westward expansion?

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Non-slaveholders didn't want to compete with slaves in the West.
The slaves would've taken their jobs, and that's the whole reason people went to the West, to get jobs, land, and start over.
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